Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-29
TURKISH WOMEN.
NQUISITIYR, %INDISCREBT, VAIN, But NOT
C0QUKTTISH.
Danger of Admiring a Turkish Belle in Public
Plaess-How Women Dress in Turkey
Iheir Mode Of Life.
Enile Jlliard. IN va Co.mopoliaa.

the smoke of which she swallows with de-
light. She is inquisitiye, indiscreet, greedy
for things that glitter-rings, necklaces,
bracelets and beads. She is vain but not
cuuuetlish. Indeed, of what uSe would
cnuuetrv be TO her? From the age OF Is
or II she belongs To a husband, who Is
her master. or rather her owner, whom
she oheyS pasSively, whom she Tears but
does no; love.
COniugal friendship and love are two
sentiments almost unknown 10 Turkish
women, which makes me believe thai they
are rather the product of education and as
ISOLATION thar Of instinct. Maternal love,
which is the most tenacious, the most
spontaneous and the most sublime OF all
terr,etrial love. seems to be extinct in the
hearts of many Turkish mothers, Tor they
do not scyuule to prevent the birth of their
children. or to leave them 10 die the mo-
ment that they see the light OF day. THIS
is one of the causes, hut it is not the only
one, of the rapid diminution of the Turkish
race.
Formerly Turkish women were forbidden
to receive medical attendance, even il they
were a, the gates OF death. They were at
tended Nv midwiveS. who fought the disease
by means oI incautations and mySticopera-
tons, rather than by pharmaceutical RENE
dies AID medical care. To-day, physicians,
especially if they are not young men, are
admitted without srruple to the bedside OF
sick women; or more often they arc usually
LEFT alone with patients. Then, strange to
-- ~ 40. 49,. .,NlN tIan1gAI when
they are Obliged to uncover their faces.
However" said 4 physician of l seraglio
to M. "Nncn one Of the two Is uncOmtort-
allc. il is always the physician
1t /, quite useless for Turkish girls to
grow up, get married and become mothers
Of families: they always remain children.
They have impressions rather than feel
ingS: they are the subjects of caprice, not
will. Daring her long residence in Con
stantiuopir. Nine. Juiilard was often IN
vitad TO Inc hTems AID even stayed some
DAVIS in that o. General Dyrvish Pasha, the
famous defender Of latoum. The lour
wives aud the slaves of the paSha
/ behaved thcmSrlVCs toward their
gu,., like litilr school girls at
Ilay. Theysm,it Of her, touched her, felt
1T the cloth Of her clothes, sniO1thed her
harr, SIT down ul Ihrlr knees, asked her Il
thousand pucrilr questions, begged her 10
ash me tchrlrhi lJhe master to give them
huu-hrp,. ,hrIhv;. Tings ai"i other lcNclry.
/ II ih"Y show I'd themselves very Jealous al
the pi,hl. this Mas hardly because they
wished Ia n}lIln his love ANA carcsSrs, but
the presents tha: he made I" some rather
than To others. the cakrs That he brought
( 10 this one rather than Ia that one.
WNca lie appeared AMONG them they
stopped Their laughing aud playing, ami
went, ~ taoUsh ashamed, tus't "n a divan
or ON q cushion, like school children
rmyh! IN mischief. They often Iuduiged
| IN uulrryls among themselves, which de-
/ ygnrna,,d into fights, III which teeth aud
! ,iu.rr-umtl+ did good service. They din"d
! together, sitting with ihcir legs crossed on
mats .rnund a copper uAy loaded with
food. which emitted an "lor OF tai
Inw mot Tcry apprtlling. sometime
H., raslh ate with them, and
ur.tr,iacd ~ kindly corrections their ont
hnr.is ui g}utt"ny. They thrust thar lin
rr,S ,utu tine dishes without htSltatIon,
ihrp ,ur,r,rd 'hrm &" their m"utlrs, per
rJms.n Ibis backward AND forward move
mrul with 20 regularity that bespoke long
Iurri..r. i;ut 30 uh,dirurr Ia th" order 0i
| lhc ~llsil. they had a fork, spoon and plate
,l,,cI h.t,rn their Guest. and th,y COM.
ur'l,, IIr.-a urr,rN, rrrt:hli'nn, hy the
rn,y, ~ hrlp bcr4.lf before they began
,b.,r mammal r~y.rrI4c of from dish {,
rI,uih and from mouth to dish.
T,.LrL vnu,rp rarely go ont alone.
TI,., ur,,,rn,.d. j., %u,riirs Of from three "a
-, 49, tr.v .r. newer orromuouird by any
,,,l... an, I.iyps g., ,,II = man th,
.,nn.h ,,L,.r Iutv il J.. to rrrtrct them,
and ,.sr.ri,Iiv IN y,irh Them. This whit,
~" LI.rL CrrG.rus doe, no, hesitate Ia LlSl
,.;In L,-ye,hn, tLr ,ud,,ious struurri
r,t .Lould think of looking too clnsely al
fin. inmate rf;hc harcm committed to hi,
ear, minister plcnipGlcntiary had
rro,r e., Tins rlrr once. and hr has never
boom YhI, in obtain rcf.,sS.
,ri, J,,,.h-rrs rf I.l,m are strictly for
,.tt.,, r., s,cu T., u,ri or even to nay,
'''...,,,, ~ .,,.,n;liny , man. b,
.n H. ul,,r hr,ih.r their husband 81
Hi. ,,f..r. ami ,.hrn tLr latter Tcc0g
49,. ,.,.,,b ,lr y,,bm,k a woman be
l.. 1,,r ID ,hrjr Lircm. they must pas, OF
v;trru, maxim, her any greeting or any
.iyu The disipilnc Of manuersi Is SO stricu
T., resn.rt tn This matter that an edict o
fine project or the police lately forbade
Nu~l>uImauir women 10 enter the store,
4, to n,lg GItjr purchases. They had Il
-,,par the merchants door and ne Wa
onIl,,d to fetch out into the street In,
tnip, tia; they wanted. This law, whicI
v,s ,pr.r,ilc Of being enforced, could no
~ InYo maintained.
Tie drrss of the women at home is no
very cl,mnt, o does II lit them very well
H. i usually . I,oscauacnt made Of glo-sl
calico. in gau,v colors, tied around TN
waist with i cloth belt, aud wadded an'
padded in winter like a mattress. Under
meath thy wear j kind Of wide panta
locu,, fastened ut the ankles. On tEel
feet tErN wear shoes WITHOUT hee'S oi ,'''
made of yellow morocco. Their head
gear consists Of - KIND OF emhToidgre'
]caiottc, around which - "ound
strip "i very Il m"'in' ai'""Ii'
one to SEC lnc embroidery ana 'he oolpI .
Il 800 lIN nHH ~ W "a Gal I'll